Reading Observer 02-1916

,
OF TIlE PAPER.'

merence to the ll00dm", of
l'lcintty
thewhich
CauDell
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Shuuleld,of In
theaCb',o:10bl
81
thali • dlt:.cb whIm

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paasing from

be underlavn unUI the
autho~ the Suryeyor
commattee's SUggcstlOru;, but

they

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To Mr. Beicher:,
, , Secretary ~ LIberal A.soci.tlOll.
Dear Sir.-I Om insl:rncted by I the Execvti~.
CCl!m.mJttee of the ~ W&menl~ Liberall ASIOClatton to iu:fonrt Jon that
conclude from
the ocicnowledgment only of their ~Iution and

REV

w.

LUSH, .as Pastor,

Sermon by

w,,"

DECREASING

B.A .• L.L.D .•
The a.nnu&L Licen&Jng

t~ to"'abBohrt.elY discard pOlitics du:Hng .~ wa.r,
10 'ICCOrdAnoe ,..~th Mo. party tiUoe. ..hich the,.
~,!Il on bo.",!"","'" mamlot.-.od to _
their
organisation whiCh '~ of a 'memberahip of
0"JeI' a t.hoaand 101ely \0 work fori our brave 101~t<?
m palnotlO FE mrtil _
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Dlnslon of Berka were
1'uesda.y.
The magistra.i.e.s
A W.t.>on (ch&irm=). 11r A.
Edgcumbe, Mr L R. Ecaklntl a.nd

belPI

_ _ _E.
'1'0

~ JIDI'l'OR 101' 'I'D

M.ISLAlJOHTU.

u 1IZ.UJI5'G

(li&1or of WokmC'ha.m) .
• upt. Godd.,d. .n w. ounw

1I ·-~·'1!·1

"'l'he number of licensed.
Fally lIcensed boUAe&, 125, beer
11; beer h~ off licences, 9

0Bal\Vzll"

4.

SIr.-With reff.nce to the letter publiohod In
",ur loot lI8U6 ~LadY Henry. my oomlDlttee
Wlsb I me to state they ..regret the aetlO11 taken by
L<><Iy Henry-in
ment wilh IIH. Liberal ".,.
80Cl&taon'S resblution----wa.s t~k(ln WithOut a.n .... pre~
Vl0U8. referenCe 'fha.tever to her own WOhlen's
LIbera) Assoc:zatiop
1.1'"sy I . .... mt out the notIce
convenmg the rnetftmg wu posted to Lady Henry
a.t tllJe, JJa.IDe tune as that. to the other members of
tbe com.ml'ttee' I
Yo,,", troly.

In

EVELYN SI...AU(Jlf'l'EB..

Secretary Beading Women', LibeHl As8ociatKlft.
Waterloo Lodge. King·,·road. ReadlJ1g.
Febru.o.i 3"i. 1916.
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TILEIiI~~ST.
V~ 'Ill HALL..
_ At. meetln~ ra.tepayerS tn the Village RaJ. ou
Monda.y, the "",",mlt-too nOO 'l'rust.eea of that Itt·
Sltut.lOQ pneented ibea: a.nmJe.l report and ba.lance
.beet
liz. W. H. Tottie OCCUpied the chmr, and
he .... aa !ntppOI'ted by hiS OI:>"trustees, the Rev. Dr
H. R. CoopeN;mith, the ReT. H. C. Wl\d.. UK!
Oa.pt. J. F. Hawk:ma j The Chairman a.nll9unce<1
tba.t done.tlOGll and INbsCrlptlOIUl attIountmg to £38
h~ been recelTed., ,nllch would. enable the Committee to pay for ~ repan'!l &nd a port.lon
of the dei.Clt of t.he laSt tr.o Jean.
The Hon.
SecretAry (Mr. C. Tayl~) Itt hia report stat~d that
dunng the yea.r the hill had been used for 115
meetmgs.
The Hon. 'I!roasurer (Mr. F. J. Baker)
presented the balance lI~eet, which showed a. 1068
of over £12 on. th£ "'r's workt;tg.
TbIS was
adopted a.nd the ~er heartily iba.nked Capt
Ha.wlttns proposed & vot.el of t.ha.Dks to Mr (J
Taylor for hilS work &8 ~n. secretory
ThiS tva.&
sooonded Bod c&rr100 wlth a.cclama.tIOD.
Messt1l.

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TEMPERANCE.

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MEETING.

The
uoJ ';'eotmg of the Berbmr. DioIri<lt
Dmsion of the
of Tomperaooe Friendly I
held

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Palmer Hall. Reading. on
from ten of t.he

Bro.

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Mld ~

i\ad 'Worked at

over tltirty years, a.nd
age
He admitted buymg the
ia.rllele6~ but deDted th&t. be
wron~
The 60ldlerlJ told h}m
I new kit comlDg lD and "aJ1t.ed to
old.
e did not know there was

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mark on any of the bl&nket:.s.

ReplnDg to the Clerk (Mr. A.
adm.tted th.t .uter he bought
cu:rred to him thELt there W3.8 SOIn·el'biJng.
Mr. BnLm urged that pn!lOJler

TOWN HALL, READING.

.ret

A fine I of £2 in each cue was 'm,,,,,,,,,.
the value o~ the goOO. :recelved.
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CHOAAL SOCIETY.
Feb. 2iJrd. 1ft 1.30 p.m.
1I.rl~LOg from this Concert .,,111 bI!I de ...o~ to

been transferred. 'l'he lw'e nces
been tra.n8ferred tWICe
two occtWllona.l lice nces have
• !New Inn, ' FJD<lbawpatead,
t.a.cy order 5th April, 1915.
~)Ider, and opened !4. d.t,rs
comp!alnt has hoen rna.d~ .
oeptlODS aJ.l t he In;.emnxl l housea
conducted .
•i Return of heonoe
a.nd number convicted,
"Vlcted for 1>tlcnces
1915 to 1916 LiooDce
2, convlci..ed, 1 l0rde-red

holders

aga.rnst

Aet, 1,

of

FROM

SALE & SON,
AM I (e.....
I..h.d)
1818.

F.I

Short a.nd the RJ.r
W. Lo.ne were re-elect.ed
mem ben. of the aomm.iaee.. A. vote of thanks to
the " CbalTlD&D. «rocluded the busmess.

Catalogu.. Gratis.

TWYFORD.
,

Wedneechy eTe!llDg

the

ID

R05C-street, In aid ot the
meetIng.
A caplt.a.l proIL pa.rty of friends from!
by some loc&l La.d.ies

HOME FROij THE F.RONT.
Sapper Harry S. Ayr... of the Signal 00. Royal
EnglDee .... '00 Pte. Arfbur l Blythe. of Y" Royal
'F"t\91hers, havo been home on leave from the Front.

I OONGRFJ<l<ATIONM> SOCIAl, GUll,D
On WednC.sday e~ a 50ClaJ gathenag .... as

of lleatliug Cluuuhe.t of Commerce War
Supplies Depot, 16, Duke Street, Re&dinr:.

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FOR

J. Crocker. E .. HeU;;nnglon. C. Taylor. J.

nntage
by attended
soldlors, on
"ndbeha.lf
aeted~~~~~:::~2:~
Mt": W ofEut
pJoyen 11.00 u.id be bore &. mOllt.

EVENING CONCERT

LICENSING

SERVICE '&T 4.

1 _ t.It.t the 'Ei_\in Commnteo 01 the LIbera.!
.Aso<;ciation ... )1!U!ble to .justify tit<> ...oluhon
passecl by them ob Ute 14th Jamuory. They
me to- point 01$ It 15 still f,heir iutentieo to COD-

I am. Y01D'II f&ltbfuIly.

t.o eXI?IuD the
the owner of tbo pipes )Q nU.""0I1.
Wa& r~quest.ed

FcbruaIY 9tb, 1916.
L

t!M7

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!J()Dl8

to a lower level-sbo'Jld
measu.re---othilrw1&e po

1""",,,-

NoUoa,

held In th& acboolroom ~
A very plea.sa.nt t.Jme
was spent In table ~es ! puzzle!!., etc Songs

WEDDING OF SHON MACLEAN."

werfl

gtven ~a,.nd refres~ta were provided

wmTi T. THE $YFORD GAS CO.
Jn. new of murundcntf'D<hhgs which ha...e aM!Cn
the ~rl of ~ PrOoeedmgS, we are re·
queeled by Mr. J &to
Stallwood, solICItor, of B.
Market Pla.ce, Reeding-. to state tha.t Mr. A H.
west, the sole proprlef1or of the old esta.bhshed
bu'smess of West a.nd SoP-, clock: makers and Jewel·
Jers, of Clock HOUfi8, TtYfOM, Berks, was not the
pla.mttft' tn tblS aetlO~'J ~~ h::u he at any time
bepn con~ Wltb ih~ a.bavo named. Company

frvzo:

of the Reading Inour·
the work at tbMt body
Them ..... now 32,6o.l
t.~e borough, 21,084 ma.les and

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took pI... upon the

levy to paT the cootn.

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8e'rVlee, which baa now
owmg to the large

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WIIlB'r DRIVE

A wh'ist drive was held Inl the Amembly Room,
kindly lent forI the ~on, on Wednesday, In
W',ter~. ' 1 814 of the Chui'eh of Enstland Waifs' and St.rays'
Boblety, a good num'berl beIng present
Mrs J
~'nnett Pre6ented prtzes to t he folloWl ng Lald18S
Mrs... Sou$g~ M'H. Brooks, MIl'S A.

Osma.n, and' Mrs. H~.
Gentlemen
Mr
Southgate, MI. Lumley, I (~ as gentleman), Mr
T IOtnn.n and Mr. Ca1Ier. " IPrizes were ~'1Ten by
Mr. Annl!lden Mr. Prltcitazld, lhss Bun..on. the
Vltal' a.nd Mr. F. De.ntry.
Danc1ng followed, 'the
mUsiC being tmppl1ed by lira. Bennett, M lS& 81m
mond. lU>d Ie... G<-ecory
~ F. Deni.r;r acted

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!:.H."_l;L~IB.::-1\NNUAt

WARGRAVE.

I
.NU:RS1iN~ LJilOTURE.
The foorth Jeoture of jthe &eneI!J by Miss 'Ba.rrett
given on Thuntd~ &ft8rnoon In last week
In lthe pa.nah room
'J.P" subjeet W86 "!nfeetl(lus
disease. "-bow they "ll .~. ",..".utlODS tbnt
~ld be taken, disUifeotlOn, d'lSlDfecta.ni:.s a.nd
f~iga.tion.

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MEETING.

presided o n Thun:dllY In
meetmg of tho Woklng
full attendance of mem·
of'ficers had been apnllu810n was made by the
condition of the Club funds,
m tbe luge number of memo
the 1 ForCe!!!, , some of whom
scv(u.a.l. had gn'en theIr
struagle. It:was
splb",ription !'houJd be r&Jeed
W1thout diS.

G.uwENEllS'~8SOCIATION.

A meetlDg' of th~
u,H, and Distrlct Gar~
deners' AS80e:u~t1on tOok Iplaoe OD Wednesd&y evenlDg In last week.. JaIl' T. Bat.ehelor, the newly
o~ted.. ehairmaD, prMiding.
Two Dew m@mbere
were elected a.nd an e*.h:ibltl Of new pota.toes by
Mf. Robbs, gardener a;t Wargr.a.ve Vioa.rage, was

e"ltlD

~~~~:r~l;,;~iiv;'~e!l:::~rj:-".

a.nd

thiS

tber~

Steehcal. ofj paper
Culham Court G...·
on .. Peaches

otaged.
llr. J.
d~8, nad a Tet'y

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ur¥er glU11," r eferrmg to the - VIIZ'!O'IlIl kioos of
houses f.voured by. ga'!fdenen, the sot! and h'OW'
make up the bord«!1 planting the v-.. prun·
me- ~nd trainmg, ~ them and, the dzlI'erent
~peratures nece&l&r.y, I .,gting the bloom, "W'ii.ter·
ing the borders. d18~din=. thinnin(l' the crop,
packing the fMlit faT tr&...eUirag and the drse~
and ",...to alfeeting thj> t......, WIth the maot ap.

tol

FOR YEOMEN.
or Ull htory- h""""", puhliahed O!l TInmosevervJ a.wa.rds to the Berks Yeocross was aWaI'ded Capt. F.
of Earley. of the 20\1> Huzsara,

proved remediee far oombating them.
A g<>od
followed, and Im:.any pra.e~l(:a1 hints were
,b robght ont
A vote 91 tho.nks to Yr. Stephen>

dISCtlSSlOn

conctud~ the proceedings

the conuj;and 01 the Yeol1llll1ry
S
In

Gooch was wounded

Ga.ltipoh.

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CONCERT FOR ~OLDtERS.
The soldien in hospital ,.,t thfIJ Town Ball

Yeomen .w.nlod the D C M I""

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WA.

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Thunday eveDlng, the

tho Town

m the eh&ir. There wer&
E C. HughM, J.
d
and p, 811.1e, u>.;c.~t~:';W:.~T~: Ma.rttn,
B1a.ke,
W. S. Medcalf.
W. H. Goss H. A.
Hammond, W.
.A.
Pnest also Mr
J H. X. Clifton
Clerk), an.::l Mr. C. W.

s.......
M.

also preeent·

wen!

afforded much flUjoyment on So.turdav by • OOllcert
arrnn~ed for them by tbe ""ReT. Mr. WoodetlOn and
earned out bv Mr. Eltbert BlackaU. of Rea.dtn~
MillIS Nor. Withuall gftV6 1eome mtflreatin g obamcter
&nd Mr. Arnold .Tones IRa.ve hnmOl'Ous items
pi.no.
Mr. Rhodinl HUJ!heIJ abo ~Vfl
studIes, ILnd
Bl.e1t~n a humol"Oua

Mrs. Allen

...

The quarterly
held

Ma.yor (AId H. C.

HENLEY.

the

lllyd •• Pte S K. 1'erlrina and Ploe.

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piaaiot.

~ay
to a Teryth,e.~~~~.~~~.i,j,,~~~~;
;,
bv t he Rev F,

On
tened

Wood. The eh.1Tman was

Pictures of vanous po.rt of Y"~'''r:''

country were thrown on
were desenbed by the

Marb (~!or)

The re~ of
contaIDe1 nothmg

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G~A~~:;;;,"~':;
Wolringbam Guat'dnuis and

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PA1USH ICOUNCIL.
A 1:Defltin$! of the Fiuchampstea.d Psnsb Council Waf!
held in the School on Saturda.y. There ",ere pJ'eMlnt .
}.fellml. C. Gtbbs (cbair-man), S. Clacy, J. Lo&deT. F
.r. MIlam .1ld A. BarkeT. IThe ohlef busmess' wa., the
~estion of Wick Hill foow-ath. which has frequently

Wall h~ld

at:. WokiDgha.m

pretnding.
~'HE illLlT.t&y

'heon blocked In the oounelof the 1ut three ,.Urs. The
!i0nnet.l conund the path is a publio one, ann "'88 110
lIefore thfliBnd over which! it rune et'I:me ioto thfl baud"
of the ,Va.lter
from whom Lord Downshire
purcbased a
Wick Hill properly about
fonr
re.a.d I\. letter he ha.d
and

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HUMPHBIES.-On J •• aary

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Cottages.
Sldmoutb·street,
HmnphnflS.

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WEIGHT.-o. Januo.y

Reading, Ma.rtin SII1.ue:r.
Quartet' 'Master Sergea.nt
Snth~d Higbl.n.ders (DOW
aged 1 year, 3 month&.

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IN ME:MOIUAI\'.
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CRANDLER.-In ever

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fa.ther George Erneet
Oxford-road, Rea.d.iDg, ....ho
30th, 19H.

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the OPJnI'On that !!IT
bemg (!ngaged Il-'J an
t.houg bt If Mr Hamtl.
wa.y It. fihould be as

Yr T ebblt Look on Mr
undenlandmg that be
HamllLon's WIde ex·
There should be

thnl.
they should not try
of the Local j Goverll&urn qwte plaYing the

nJt eorrec l

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Printed and publn.bMl
Soft'. at -thotr Stoa.m
BLagrave Street. in the

RMdinc, III the, CoUDty

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